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Glossary Term – Event

Bombing of Hiroshima

In the first use of nuclear weapons, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed much of the city and killed about 30 percent of the population immediately. It injured tens of thousands more. Radiation-related diseases continued to affect residents for years to come. Harry Truman announced the bomb’s deployment to the American public and stated that the United States had chosen to use it when Japan did not respond to the Potsdam Declaration: “If they do not now accept our terms they may...

Glossary Term – Person

John Hersey

John Hersey (1914–1993) was a writer and journalist known for his works on World War II. Hersey reported on the war for Time magazine. He also completed several major essays and works of documentary fiction on the events of the war. Among Hersey’s best known works is Hiroshima (1946). First published as a full issue of the New Yorker, Hiroshima related the accounts of six survivors of the atomic bombing of that city.

Glossary Term – Place

Hiroshima

Irving Kaplan, Preliminary statement of the Association of Manhattan District Sc

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Physicists predict a nuclear arms race, 1945

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Harry S. Truman, Farewell Address, 1953. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

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President Truman’s Farewell Address, 1953

It has none of the catch phrases or warnings of other, more famous presidential...